Both Mayor Crosby and Deputy Mayor Stewart have second jobs, the Mayor is on the board of the Rotorua Airport and his Deputy sits on local DHB.
Mr Crosby is on record as saying that mayoral duties are a full time job, and his salary reflects this.
With the Council having in excess of one hundred meetings each year, at some stage, there will be instances where council meetings and perhaps his mayoral duties will clash with those of the Rotorua Airport board meetings.
Also should a meeting of the Rotorua Airport take place in TCC business hours, hope it's not a case double dipping, but Mr Crosby displaying his 'Proven Leadership”, by taking unpaid leave from the council, not claiming travel allowance as we have provided him with a car.
The Mayor has some interesting challenges ahead, as he can not just down tools, and make himself available whenever he is required to attend the Rotorua Airport board meetings, first and foremost preference must be given to TCC business.
Mr Stewart is in a questionable situation being a councillor and sitting on the DHB, he is trying to serve two masters at the same time.
Brian Porter, Welcome Bay.

Mayor Crosby responds:
'Mr Porter is wrong in his suggestion that I have a second job. A function of Local Government is to foster the economic well being of a community. Tourism provides a major opportunity for economic growth here in Tauranga. Rotorua Airport is a lead agency for the Central Park tourism marketing initiative that includes Tauranga. Central Park is a central North Island campaign particular targeted at the Australian market using Rotorua Airport as the gateway via Sydney. Therefore I believe that my role on Rotorua Airport is directly linked to my position as Mayor of Tauranga and the strengthening of our economy. The Rotorua Airport Board meets every six weeks for three hours per meeting and have offered to work around my schedule, therefore it is not a great imposition on my time for the benefits it can provide for the Tauranga economy. I do not claim travel costs as I use the Mayoral vehicle to which I pay $4,500 per year towards for the use of.”
Stuart Crosby, Mayor.